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Ultra-low voltage, ultra-small mode volume silicon microring modulator

Author(s) -

Sasikanth Manipatruni,

Kyle Preston,

Long Chen,

Michal Lipson

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

optics express

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 271

ISSN - 1094-4087

DOI - 10.1364/oe.18.018235

Subject(s) - electro optic modulator , nanophotonics , voltage , optics , cmos , modulation (music) , optical modulator , low voltage , materials science , silicon , optoelectronics , phase modulation , physics , electrical engineering , phase noise , engineering , acoustics

We show GHz modulation in a 2.5 microm radius silicon micro-ring, with only 150 mV peak-peak drive voltage and an electro-optic modal volume of only 2 microm(3). The swing voltage and the micro-ring modulator are the smallest demonstrations so-far in silicon. The presented approach lays the ground work for a new class of high speed low voltage modulators enabling, seamless integration of nanophotonics with low voltage digital CMOS nano-electronics.

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